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Assembly leaders spar over federal reductions, income taxes at Chamber luncheon

PROVIDENCE – General Assembly leaders from the Democratic majority on Wednesday could not rule out the possibility of some tax hikes in order to...

Providence launches revamped PVD311 online platform

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Tuesday announced the launch of the administration’s newly revamped PVD311 online platform, which he says will improve...

Door G launches New England’s tallest LED ‘virtual production wall’

EAST PROVIDENCE – A new production studio is leveraging virtual production and emerging artificial intelligence technology to build immersive video experiences through its new...
THOMAS SPERRY is co-founder and managing partner of Rogue Venture Capital, the firm hired to manage R.I. Commerce Corp.'s new $2 million Rhode Island Venture Capital Fund. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Commerce board members want close eye kept on new venture capital...

When a $2 million proposal to start a state-sponsored venture capital fund to spur more high-potential startups came before the R.I. Commerce Corp. board...
MICHELLE A. REDDISH, left, administrator for the R.I. Cannabis Commission, speaks at Providence Business News' The Business of Cannabis Summit at the Providence Marriott on Thursday. Also on the panel is, from left, Benjamin L. Rackliffe, partner of Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC; Sasha Gorski, co-owner of Talaria LLC; and Ronald Crosson II, executive director of Urban Ventures Inc. and chairman and so­cial equity officer of the R.I. Cannabis Advisory Board. PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing, moderates. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI 

PBN summit: Past missteps, current limbo still hampering legal cannabis sector

PROVIDENCE – In some ways, challenges facing Rhode Island’s legal cannabis industry were born from decisions made years ago. The panel discussion during Providence Business...

R.I. startup launches ‘Tap-N-Pray’ functionality with PrayerSprk tool

PROVIDENCE – A local startup has announced the launch of a “spiritual tool” that it hopes will revolutionize how people of all religious beliefs...

IYRS announces Glo Tech Scholarship Fund to spur women in marine...

NEWPORT – The IYRS School of Technology & Trades has announced the establishment of the Glo Tech Scholarship Fund that will support female graduates of...

House approves bill banning digitized sexual deepfakes

PROVIDENCE – The House of Representatives has approved legislation that expands the state’s 2018 “revenge porn” law to include images created by a digital...

House GOP lawmakers to skip annual Chamber luncheon

PROVIDENCE – In a break from tradition, the state legislature’s House Republican leadership on Tuesday announced the chamber's GOP lawmakers will not be attending...

Tiverton sells town-owned land to owner of Longplex

TIVERTON – The Tiverton Town Council has approved three purchase and sales agreements totaling over $1.26 million to sell off 72 acres of Tiverton...
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